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Leader says 1953 coup, not embassy takeover, ‘starting point’ in US-Iran row

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has dismissed as a “lie” the US assertion that the 1979 takeover of their embassy in Tehran is what set off the ongoing dispute between Iran and the United States, saying the "starting point" of the row goes back to the CIA-orchestrated coup of 1953.

Imam Khomeini's viewpoint on Student Day

Imam Khomeini stressed need for acquisition of the virtues and human nobilities

Imam Khomeini, the late founder of the Islamic Republic, through his theological works has stressed that the acquisition of the virtues and human nobilities and standards is a difficult and great duty which rests upon your shoulders.

Imam Khomeini: I have said it times and again that takeover of the US embassy by Muslim youth and ...

The teacher who had the most profound influence on Imam Khomeini

The teacher who had the most profound influence on Imam Khomeini’s spiritual development was, however, Mirza Muhammad ‘Ali Shahabadi (d. 1328 Sh. /1950); to him the Imam refers in a number of his works as shaykhuna and ‘arif-I kamil, and his relationship with him was that of a murid with his murshid.

Imam performed Prayers on the road to Kuwait

A memoir by Hujjatal al-Islam Naasari – Imam's student

Narrow-mindedness, lack of capacity causes pride, Imam Khomeini pointed out

There are some other factors that cause pride, such as narrow-mindedness, lack of capacity, petty-mindedness, baseness, and lack of fortitude.